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edible fruit
edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
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juniper berry
berrylike fruit of a plant of the genus Juniperus especially the berrylike cone of the common juniper
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May apple
edible but insipid fruit of the May apple plant
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achene
small dry indehiscent fruit with the seed distinct from the fruit wall
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gourd
any of numerous inedible fruits with hard rinds
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prairie gourd
small hard green-and-white inedible fruit of the prairie gourd plant
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blue fig, quandong
the fruit of the Brisbane quandong tree
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acorn
fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base
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olive
small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food and source of oil
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hip, rose hip, rosehip
the fruit of a rose plant
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wild cherry
the fruit of the wild cherry tree
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marasca
small bitter fruit of the marasca cherry tree from whose juice maraschino liqueur is made
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hagberry
small cherry much liked by birds
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chokecherry
the fruit of the chokecherry tree
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rowanberry
decorative red berrylike fruit of a rowan tree
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buffalo nut, elk nut, oil nut
oily drupaceous fruit of rabbitwood
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capitulum, ear, spike
fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn
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fruitlet
a diminutive fruit, especially one that is part of a multiple fruit
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seed
a small hard fruit
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berry
a small fruit having any of various structures, e.g., simple (grape or blueberry) or aggregate (blackberry or raspberry)
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aggregate fruit, multiple fruit, syncarp
fruit consisting of many individual small fruits or drupes derived from separate ovaries within a common receptacle: e.g. blackberry; raspberry; pineapple
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drupe, stone fruit
fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond; peach; plum; cherry; elderberry; olive; jujube
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false fruit, pome
a fleshy fruit (apple or pear or related fruits) having seed chambers and an outer fleshy part
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pod, seedpod
a several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plant
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pyxidium, pyxis
fruit of such plants as the plantain; a capsule whose upper part falls off when the seeds are released
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accessory fruit, pseudocarp
fruit containing much fleshy tissue besides that of the ripened ovary; as apple or strawberry
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buckthorn berry, yellow berry
fruit of various buckthorns yielding dyes or pigments
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cubeb
spicy fruit of the cubeb vine; when dried and crushed is used medicinally or in perfumery and sometimes smoked in cigarettes
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schizocarp
a dry dehiscent fruit that at maturity splits into two or more parts each with a single seed
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freestone
fruit (especially peach) whose flesh does not adhere to the pit
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cling, clingstone
fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit
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windfall
fruit that has fallen from the tree
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apple
fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh
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berry
any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
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cranberry
very tart red berry used for sauce or juice
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lansa, lansat, lanseh, lanset
East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit
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carambola, star fruit
deeply ridged yellow-brown tropical fruit; used raw as a vegetable or in salad or when fully ripe as a dessert
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ceriman, monstera
tropical cylindrical fruit resembling a pinecone with pineapple-banana flavor
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carissa plum, natal plum
edible scarlet plumlike fruit of a South African plant
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citrous fruit, citrus, citrus fruit
any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions
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tangelo, ugli, ugli fruit
large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin
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almond
oval-shaped edible seed of the almond tree
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apricot
downy yellow to rosy-colored fruit resembling a small peach
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peach
downy juicy fruit with sweet yellowish or whitish flesh
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nectarine
a variety or mutation of the peach that has a smooth skin
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pitahaya
highly colored edible fruit of pitahaya cactus having bright red juice; often as large as a peach
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plum
any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit
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dried fruit
fruit preserved by drying
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fig
fleshy sweet pear-shaped yellowish or purple multiple fruit eaten fresh or preserved or dried
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ananas, pineapple
large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated
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anchovy pear, river pear
West Indian fruit resembling the mango; often pickled
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banana
elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh
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passion fruit
egg-shaped tropical fruit of certain passionflower vines; used for sherbets and confectionery and drinks
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breadfruit
a large round seedless or seeded fruit with a texture like bread; eaten boiled or baked or roasted or ground into flour; the roasted seeds resemble chestnuts
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jack, jackfruit, jak
immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted
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canistel, eggfruit
ovoid orange-yellow mealy sweet fruit of Florida and West Indies
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melon
any of numerous fruits of the gourd family having a hard rind and sweet juicy flesh
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cherry
a red fruit with a single hard stone
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coco plum, cocoa plum, icaco
plum-shaped whitish to almost black fruit used for preserves; tropical American
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grape
any of various juicy fruit of the genus Vitis with green or purple skins; grow in clusters
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custard apple
the fruit of any of several tropical American trees of the genus Annona having soft edible pulp
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papaw, pawpaw
fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard apples
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papaya
large oval melon-like tropical fruit with yellowish flesh
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kai apple
South African fruit smelling and tasting like apricots; used for pickles and preserves
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ketembilla, kitambilla, kitembilla
maroon-purple gooseberry-like fruit of India having tart-sweet purple pulp used especially for preserves
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ackee, akee
red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds; flesh is poisonous when unripe or overripe
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durian
huge fruit native to southeastern Asia `smelling like Hell and tasting like Heaven'; seeds are roasted and eaten like nuts
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feijoa, pineapple guava
dark-green kiwi-sized tropical fruit with white flesh; used chiefly for jellies and preserves
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Spanish lime, genip
round one-inch Caribbean fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp; eaten like grapes
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genipap, genipap fruit
a succulent orange-sized tropical fruit with a thick rind
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Chinese gooseberry, kiwi, kiwi fruit
fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh
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Japanese plum, loquat
yellow olive-sized semitropical fruit with a large free stone and relatively little flesh; used for jellies
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mangosteen
two- to three-inch tropical fruit with juicy flesh suggestive of both peaches and pineapples
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mango
large oval tropical fruit having smooth skin, juicy aromatic pulp, and a large hairy seed
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sapodilla, sapodilla plum, sapota
tropical fruit with a rough brownish skin and very sweet brownish pulp
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mammee, marmalade plum, sapote
brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet
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tamarind, tamarindo
large tropical seed pod with very tangy pulp that is eaten fresh or cooked with rice and fish or preserved for curries and chutneys
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aguacate, alligator pear, avocado, avocado pear
a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed
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date
sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed
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elderberry
berrylike fruit of an elder used for e.g. wines and jellies
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guava
tropical fruit having yellow skin and pink pulp; eaten fresh or used for e.g. jellies
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mombin
purplish tropical fruit
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hog plum, yellow mombin
yellow oval tropical fruit
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hog plum, wild plum
fruit of the wild plum of southern United States
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jaboticaba
tough-skinned purple grapelike tropical fruit grown in Brazil
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Chinese date, Chinese jujube, jujube
dark red plumlike fruit of Old World buckthorn trees
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leechee, lichee, lichi, litchee, litchi, litchi nut, lychee
Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried
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dragon's eye, longanberry
Asian fruit similar to litchi
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mamey, mammee, mammee apple
globular or ovoid tropical fruit with thick russet leathery rind and juicy yellow or reddish flesh
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marang
tropical fruit from the Philippines having a mass of small seeds embedded in sweetish white pulp
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medlar
crabapple-like fruit used for preserves
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medlar
a South African globular fruit with brown leathery skin and pithy flesh having a sweet-acid taste
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olive
one-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled and used as a relish
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pear
sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties
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plumcot
hybrid between plum and apricot
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pomegranate
large globular fruit having many seeds with juicy red pulp in a tough brownish-red rind
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prickly pear
round or pear-shaped spiny fruit of any of various prickly pear cacti
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garambulla
small berrylike fruit
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Barbados gooseberry, blade apple
small yellow to orange fruit of the Barbados gooseberry cactus used in desserts and preserves and jellies
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native peach, quandang, quandong, quantong
red Australian fruit; used for dessert or in jam
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quince
aromatic acid-tasting pear-shaped fruit used in preserves
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rambotan, rambutan
pleasantly acid bright red oval Malayan fruit covered with soft spines
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pulasan, pulassan
fruit of an East Indian tree similar to the rambutan but sweeter
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rose apple
fragrant oval yellowish tropical fruit used in jellies and confections
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sorb, sorb apple
acid gritty-textured fruit
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sour gourd
acid-tasting Australian gourd-like fruit with a woody rind and large seeds
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monkey bread, sour gourd
African gourd-like fruit with edible pulp
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edible seed
many are used as seasoning
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coffee, coffee bean, coffee berry
a seed of the coffee tree; ground to make coffee
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pip
a small hard seed found in some fruits
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bonduc nut, nicker nut, nicker seed
hard shiny grey seed of a bonduc tree; used for making e.g. jewelry
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Job's tears
hard pearly seeds of an Asiatic grass; often used as beads
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oil-rich seed, oilseed
any of several seeds that yield oil
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baneberry
a poisonous berry of a plant of the genus Actaea
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legume
the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case
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peanut
underground pod of the peanut vine
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screw bean
spirally twisted sweet pod of screwbean mesquite that is used for fodder or ground into meal for feed
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safflower seed
seed of the safflower
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key, key fruit, samara
a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple
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mealie
an ear of corn
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caryopsis, grain
dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
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okra
long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant
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ash-key
winged seed of the ash tree
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cowage
pods of the cowage plant or the stinging hairs covering them; used as a vermifuge when mixed with e.g. honey
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coquilla nut
nut having a hard hazel-brown shell used like vegetable ivory
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babassu nut
hard-shelled nut of the babassu palm
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cohune nut
nut of the cohune palm having hard white shells like those of ivory nuts
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apple nut, ivory nut, vegetable ivory
nutlike seed of a South American palm; the hard white shell takes a high polish and is used for e.g. buttons
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neem seed
seed of neem trees; source of pesticides and fertilizer and medicinal products
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buckeye, conker, horse chestnut
the inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut
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calabash
round gourd of the calabash tree
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Mexican jumping bean, jumping bean, jumping seed
seed of Mexican shrubs of the genus Sebastiana containing the larva of a moth whose movements cause the bean to jerk or tumble
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bean
any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans
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nut
usually large hard-shelled seed
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syconium
the fleshy multiple fruit of the fig consisting of an enlarged hollow receptacle containing numerous fruitlets
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bacca, simple fruit
an indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp: e.g. grape; tomato; cranberry
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drupelet
a small part of an aggregate fruit that resembles a drupe
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loment
seedpods that are constricted between the seeds and that break apart when mature into single-seeded segments